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Re: Help! Making Continuous Loop out of Plastic Sheet
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Originally Posted by evolution
How would you make a continuous loop out of strips of the plastic materials shown below (they're plastic sheets of "rug runner," a carpet protecting plastic)? Any thoughts on glues or mechanical joints between two ends of the material would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
We looked at exactly the same stuff during prototyping for our robot. On the upside, the plastic rug runner material will take rivets pretty well and stay together nicely. On the downside, it has an elasticity factor of about 80% and stretches under tension like there is no tomorrow. It was nearly impossible to keep enough tension in the belt to allow it to track properly without pulling on it so much that it started to come apart. We gave up on it.

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